Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 538)

Chapter 12 Arranging Clips in the Timeline 203
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Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Clips in the Timeline
When you copy and paste clip items from tracks in the Timeline, Final Cut Pro pastes
those clip items into the same tracks they were copied from unless you specify
different tracks with Auto Select controls. If no Auto Select controls are selected
between the time you copy and paste the clip items, the items are placed on the same
tracks from which they were copied.
To copy (or cut) and paste clip items within the same Timeline tracks:
1 Select one or more clip items in the Timeline.
2 Do one of the following, depending on what you want:
 Copy the clip items by pressing Command-C.
 Cut the clip items by pressing Command-X.
3 Position the playhead where you want the paste to occur.
4 Paste the clip items at the playhead location by pressing Command-V.
Copied clip items Pasted clip items